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Xbox still make sense in a mobile gaming world?

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There was once a time when Xbox was the dream of every child and gaming was not cool without an Xbox at home . However, those moments belong to a different decade as the last ten years have quite clearly changed what you understand as gaming. That is why, in all probability, Microsoft left no stones un-turned in releasing the all new Xbox by using all the popularity stunts possible. The event was grand enough, but the 500 dollar price tag asked a pertinent question. Is the day for Xbox gone? Or are they truly numbered? Whatever be the case, the grandeur perhaps gave away the emptiness that surrounded the occasion. Microsoft claimed to be a dream object for serious gamers, but is serious gaming even possible in today's world? More importantly, what does the statistics say? The statistics hardly lies, and in this case, it points to an overwhelming percentage dedicated to mobile gaming. Mobile games share as much as 42 percent of the total revenue that gaming industry has generated. S...

Close look at Data Scientist vs Data Engineer

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Data science is now one of the most influential topics all around. Companies and enterprises are focusing a lot on gathering data science talent further creating more viable roles in the data science industry. It has also been stated that data science and data scientist are the two most popular career tracks as of now. Since the advent of big data industry, the roles were very blurred since the main objective was to get the insights. But due to a recent change in perspectives, a lot has been written about the difference between the different data science roles, and more specifically about the difference between data scientists and data engineers. The role of the data scientist and that of a data engineer will now be discussed thoroughly with intricacy. Work and Responsibilities Data engineer's responsibilities A data engineer is he/she who indulges in the art of construction, development, and maintaining the architecture of databases and large-scale processing systems. They also ...